Very GR-ish spook story

[Monte Davis]

I suspect the characterization of Krug as a "superstar" is part of the
general post-WWII thriller mythology: The Boys From Brazil, The Odessa
File, the History Channel's "How Hitler Almost Nuked NYC," Iron Sky and so
forth. Apparently the real final days of WWII weren't dramatic enough. They
require spicing-up with evil geniuses and almost-war-winning technologies
fleeing in all directions, popping up over decades to come with schemes to
revive the Reich.

While I have no reason to doubt that Krug's company was selling naughty
bits to the Egyptians, (1) I know the history of Peenemunde pretty well,
and he's all but invisible there... and (2) the Western allies and the USSR
between them did a rather thorough job of identifying and recycling the
important technical contributors. It's not that uncommon for lawyers (or
accountants, or marketers) to be CEOs of engineering and technology
companies.

2016-03-30 6:05 GMT-04:00 Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>:

>
> Likely well thought up since Krug seems to have been not a rocket
> scientist yet a jurist.
>
> > ... Ob die Geschichte sich so ereignet hat, lässt sich kaum feststellen.
> Was die nachprüfbaren Teile angeht, offenbart der Artikel Schwächen, die
> skeptisch machen. So steht die Rolle Krugs als angeblicher Raketenexperte
> im Widerspruch zu Angaben der Zeitschrift „Der Spiegel“, die ihn anlässlich
> seines Verschwindens im Herbst 1962 als Juristen vorstellen, der von
> deutschen Raketenbauer verachtet wurde. Auch die Rolle von Skorzenys
> Kommandoverband in amerikanischen Uniformen wird überzeichnet ... <
>
>
>
> http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/hitlers-gefaehrlichster-mann-otto-skorzeny-ein-mossad-killer-14149943.html#/elections
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-45141741.html
>
>
>
> On 27.03.2016 21:33, János Széky wrote:
>
> Featuring a "superstar" from Peenemünde, a Rocket project, and Hitler's
> commando chief working for Mosad. Either true or well thought up.
>
> http://forward.com/news/336943/ht/
>
> János
>
>
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